Raoul Delcorde praised trade between Canada and Belgium, with both already benefitting from CETA despite its slow progress through Belgiumâs regional parliaments for full ratification.

Raoul Delcorde, the Belgian ambassador to Canada, is leaving his post on Aug. 28 after four years in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Share a storyThe story link will be added automatically.

From: To: Message:

As Raoul Delcorde closes out his four-year diplomatic term this month, heâll return to Brussels with 46 new agreements between Belgium and Canadaâbut that doesn't include the finalized pact heâd expected coming in. The Belgian ambassador to Canada arrived in Ottawa in earlyÂ September 2014, mere weeks before then-Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper hosted European leaders to declare a ânew eraâ in trade relationsâthe conclusion of talks toward a Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. But "it was

This is an exclusive subscriber-only story by The Hill Times. If youâd like to read the full article:

The first-of-its-kind challenge of two 2014 rulings by the House Board of Internal Economy will set important legal precedent when it comes to the application and scope of parliamentary privilege protections in Canada.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau will likely release his much-awaited plan to help Canadian businesses affected by U.S. tax cuts as part of the fall economic update, but there's plenty more that could come out of it.